The Digression on Marriage in 'The Franklin's Tale'

Author / Editor
Frazier, J. Terry.

Title
The Digression on Marriage in 'The Franklin's Tale'

Published
South Atlantic Bulletin 43.1 (1978): 75-85.

Description
The marriage agreement in FranT and the Franklin's comment on "maistrie" are not functional parts of the tale, but digressive answers to the Wife, Clerk, and Merchant while obeying the Host's command to "telle on thy tale."

Chaucer Subjects
Franklin and His Tale.